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I’ve been a bad Joan Osborne Fan. A VERY bad Joan Osborne fan. In the not too distant past, I worshipped the ground Joan walked on. My neighbor Doug told me that she’d come out with a country album so, after getting over the initial shock of her having put out a country album, I [...]

Filed under: Music on March 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Did I just hear Pink Floyd morph with Neil Young’s “Down by the River?” Oh my God… you mean someone else in this world besides me and a dozen other people have heard of BR-549? Am I tripping, or is this “Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest? Who ARE these guys? These are common reactions [...]

Filed under: Music on March 24th, 2007 | Add Comment! »

This summer I found my new favorite female vocalist, Patty Griffin. Her first major-label CD “Living with Ghosts” came out in 1996 and she’s recorded several since then. Her beautiful voice and incredible songwriting talent have, for me, made her the synthesis of everything I love about all my other favorite female singer/songwriters. For me, [...]

Filed under: Music on February 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I envy the people of LA for only one reason: they have the Janedoes. The Janedoes are the funkiest, sexiest thing to happen to my MP3 player since I downloaded Ben Harper’s “Sexual Healing” which I’d previously considered the sexiest 5 minutes of recorded music ever. My wife found The Janedoes on a video blog, [...]

Filed under: Music on January 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

My daughter is the same music geek I was at her age. In fact, she’s a bit more advanced. I wish my parents had been as cool as I am about listening to my music as I am listening to hers. Usually, she’ll come to my house with a new CD, we’ll upload it into [...]

Filed under: Music, Politics on November 9th, 2006 | Add Comment! »